Josslynn

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 16 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
16
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Josslynn by the numbers

Josslynn was given to 16 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 36 babies in 2008, making it a 2000s name.

What we can tell you about Josslynn

Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Josslynn. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

Sounds like Josslynn

Names that are said the same way as Josslynn, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.

  • Joslynjoyful; a form of Jocelyn284 in the US (2017)
  • Joslinjoyous; cheerful; a diminutive of jocelyn22 in the US (2017)
  • Joslynne6 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Josslynn

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